diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2c7429e7c6d8c..fc88f45a1f7e6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -369,6 +369,10 @@ AC_SEARCH_LIBS([Pgrab], [proc])
 dnl Haiku does not have network api in libc.
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS([setsockopt], [network])
 
+dnl Check for openpty. It may require linking against libutil or libbsd.
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([openpty],,
+  [AC_SEARCH_LIBS([openpty], [util bsd], [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_OPENPTY], [1])])])
+
 dnl Then headers.
 dnl ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -787,10 +791,6 @@ if test "$PHP_VALGRIND" != "no"; then
   fi
 fi
 
-dnl Check for openpty. It may require linking against libutil or libbsd.
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([openpty],,
-  [AC_SEARCH_LIBS([openpty], [util bsd], [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_OPENPTY], [1])])])
-
 dnl General settings.
 dnl ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 PHP_CONFIGURE_PART(General settings)